World Cup kick-off times Peru

First held in 1930 in Uruguay, the FIFA World Cup has grown into the most-watched sporting event in the world. What began as a tournament featuring just 13 teams has evolved into a truly global competition, expanding to 48 nations from the 2026 edition onward.

South America has played a defining role in shaping World Cup history. Legendary teams, iconic players, and unforgettable matches from this continent have helped establish the tournament’s global prestige. Nations such as Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and others have consistently raised the standard of international football.

While Brazil remain the most successful nation with five titles, South American teams continue to be among the strongest contenders at every World Cup. The 2026 tournament promises to add yet another chapter to this rich footballing legacy.

Below is a look at the most recent FIFA World Cup winners:

Peru has a proud footballing tradition and a passionate fan base that closely follows every FIFA World Cup. Known for their technical style and creativity, La Blanquirroja has produced memorable moments on the international stage.

Historically, Peru has qualified for multiple World Cup tournaments and reached its greatest success in the 1970 and 1978 World Cups, where it advanced to the quarter-finals. That era remains a golden chapter in Peruvian football history.

With the expanded 48-team format, South American nations have additional opportunities to compete on the global stage in future World Cups. For Peruvian fans, the World Cup represents hope, pride, and the chance to see their nation challenge the world’s best.

For viewers following the tournament in Peru Time (PET), most group-stage matches will take place in the afternoon and evening, with only a few fixtures extending into the late night. In general, the knockout-stage matches are scheduled at more convenient times for viewers.

The first match of the tournament will kick off on 11 June 2026 at 2:00 PM (PET), while the final will be played on 19 July 2026 at 2:00 PM (PET).

Here is the full schedule of all 104 matches, with kick-off times shown in Peru Time (PET). You can also use the filters to quickly find matches by team, venue, or tournament stage.

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Date	Time	Team 1 Score Team 2
11 June, 2026 (Thursday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Mexico vs South Africa Mexico City Match No. 1 Group A
	9:00 PM (PET)	South Korea vs Czechia Guadalajara Match No. 2 Group A
12 June, 2026 (Friday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Canada vs Bosnia Toronto Match No. 3 Group B
	8:00 PM (PET)	USA vs Paraguay Los Angeles Match No. 4 Group D
13 June, 2026 (Saturday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Qatar vs Switzerland SF Bay Area Match No. 8 Group B
	5:00 PM (PET)	Brazil vs Morocco New York Match No. 7 Group C
	8:00 PM (PET)	Haiti vs Scotland Boston Match No. 5 Group C
	11:00 PM (PET)	Australia vs Turkey Vancouver Match No. 6 Group D
14 June, 2026 (Sunday)	12:00 PM (PET)	Germany vs Curaçao Houston Match No. 10 Group E
	3:00 PM (PET)	Netherlands vs Japan Dallas Match No. 11 Group F
	6:00 PM (PET)	Ivory Coast vs Ecuador Philadelphia Match No. 9 Group E
	9:00 PM (PET)	Sweden vs Tunisia Monterrey Match No. 12 Group F
15 June, 2026 (Monday)	11:00 AM (PET)	Spain vs Cape Verde Atlanta Match No. 14 Group H
	2:00 PM (PET)	Belgium vs Egypt Seattle Match No. 16 Group G
	5:00 PM (PET)	Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay Miami Match No. 13 Group H
	8:00 PM (PET)	Iran vs New Zealand Los Angeles Match No. 15 Group G
16 June, 2026 (Tuesday)	2:00 PM (PET)	France vs Senegal New York Match No. 17 Group I
	5:00 PM (PET)	Iraq vs Norway Boston Match No. 18 Group I
	8:00 PM (PET)	Argentina vs Algeria Kansas City Match No. 19 Group J
	11:00 PM (PET)	Austria vs Jordan SF Bay Area Match No. 20 Group J
17 June, 2026 (Wednesday)	12:00 PM (PET)	Portugal vs DR Congo Houston Match No. 23 Group K
	3:00 PM (PET)	England vs Croatia Dallas Match No. 22 Group L
	6:00 PM (PET)	Ghana vs Panama Toronto Match No. 21 Group L
	9:00 PM (PET)	Uzbekistan vs Colombia Mexico City Match No. 24 Group K
18 June, 2026 (Thursday)	11:00 AM (PET)	Czechia vs South Africa Atlanta Match No. 25 Group A
	2:00 PM (PET)	Switzerland vs Bosnia Los Angeles Match No. 26 Group B
	5:00 PM (PET)	Canada vs Qatar Vancouver Match No. 27 Group B
	8:00 PM (PET)	Mexico vs South Korea Guadalajara Match No. 28 Group A
19 June, 2026 (Friday)	2:00 PM (PET)	USA vs Australia Seattle Match No. 32 Group D
	5:00 PM (PET)	Scotland vs Morocco Boston Match No. 30 Group C
	8:00 PM (PET)	Brazil vs Haiti Philadelphia Match No. 29 Group C
	11:00 PM (PET)	Turkey vs Paraguay SF Bay Area Match No. 31 Group D
20 June, 2026 (Saturday)	12:00 PM (PET)	Netherlands vs Sweden Houston Match No. 35 Group F
	3:00 PM (PET)	Germany vs Ivory Coast Toronto Match No. 33 Group E
	7:00 PM (PET)	Ecuador vs Curaçao Kansas City Match No. 34 Group E
	11:00 PM (PET)	Tunisia vs Japan Monterrey Match No. 36 Group F
21 June, 2026 (Sunday)	11:00 AM (PET)	Spain vs Saudi Arabia Atlanta Match No. 38 Group H
	2:00 PM (PET)	Belgium vs Iran Los Angeles Match No. 39 Group G
	5:00 PM (PET)	Uruguay vs Cape Verde Miami Match No. 37 Group H
	8:00 PM (PET)	New Zealand vs Egypt Vancouver Match No. 40 Group G
22 June, 2026 (Monday)	12:00 PM (PET)	Argentina vs Austria Dallas Match No. 43 Group J
	4:00 PM (PET)	France vs Iraq Philadelphia Match No. 42 Group I
	7:00 PM (PET)	Norway vs Senegal New York Match No. 41 Group I
	10:00 PM (PET)	Jordan vs Algeria SF Bay Area Match No. 44 Group J
23 June, 2026 (Tuesday)	12:00 PM (PET)	Portugal vs Uzbekistan Houston Match No. 47 Group K
	3:00 PM (PET)	England vs Ghana Boston Match No. 45 Group L
	6:00 PM (PET)	Panama vs Croatia Toronto Match No. 46 Group L
	9:00 PM (PET)	Colombia vs DR Congo Guadalajara Match No. 48 Group K
24 June, 2026 (Wednesday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Switzerland vs Canada Vancouver Match No. 51 Group B
	2:00 PM (PET)	Bosnia vs Qatar Seattle Match No. 52 Group B
	5:00 PM (PET)	Scotland vs Brazil Miami Match No. 49 Group C
	5:00 PM (PET)	Morocco vs Haiti Atlanta Match No. 50 Group C
	8:00 PM (PET)	Czechia vs Mexico Mexico City Match No. 53 Group A
	8:00 PM (PET)	South Africa vs South Korea Monterrey Match No. 54 Group A
25 June, 2026 (Thursday)	3:00 PM (PET)	Curaçao vs Ivory Coast Philadelphia Match No. 55 Group E
	3:00 PM (PET)	Ecuador vs Germany New York Match No. 56 Group E
	6:00 PM (PET)	Japan vs Sweden Dallas Match No. 57 Group F
	6:00 PM (PET)	Tunisia vs Netherlands Kansas City Match No. 58 Group F
	9:00 PM (PET)	Turkey vs USA Los Angeles Match No. 59 Group D
	9:00 PM (PET)	Paraguay vs Australia SF Bay Area Match No. 60 Group D
26 June, 2026 (Friday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Norway vs France Boston Match No. 61 Group I
	2:00 PM (PET)	Senegal vs Iraq Toronto Match No. 62 Group I
	7:00 PM (PET)	Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia Houston Match No. 65 Group H
	7:00 PM (PET)	Uruguay vs Spain Guadalajara Match No. 66 Group H
	10:00 PM (PET)	Egypt vs Iran Seattle Match No. 63 Group G
	10:00 PM (PET)	New Zealand vs Belgium Vancouver Match No. 64 Group G
27 June, 2026 (Saturday)	4:00 PM (PET)	Panama vs England New York Match No. 67 Group L
	4:00 PM (PET)	Croatia vs Ghana Philadelphia Match No. 68 Group L
	6:30 PM (PET)	Colombia vs Portugal Miami Match No. 71 Group K
	6:30 PM (PET)	DR Congo vs Uzbekistan Atlanta Match No. 72 Group K
	9:00 PM (PET)	Algeria vs Austria Kansas City Match No. 69 Group J
	9:00 PM (PET)	Jordan vs Argentina Dallas Match No. 70 Group J
28 June, 2026 (Sunday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Runner-up Group A vs Runner-up Group B Los Angeles Match No. 73 Round of 32
29 June, 2026 (Monday)	12:00 PM (PET)	Winner Group C vs Runner-up Group F Houston Match No. 76 Round of 32
	3:30 PM (PET)	Winner Group E vs 3rd Group A/B/C/D/F Boston Match No. 74 Round of 32
	8:00 PM (PET)	Winner Group F vs Runner-up Group C Monterrey Match No. 75 Round of 32
30 June, 2026 (Tuesday)	12:00 PM (PET)	Runner-up Group E vs Runner-up Group I Dallas Match No. 78 Round of 32
	4:00 PM (PET)	Winner Group I vs 3rd Group C/D/F/G/H New York Match No. 77 Round of 32
	8:00 PM (PET)	Winner Group A vs 3rd Group C/E/F/H/I Mexico City Match No. 79 Round of 32
1 July, 2026 (Wednesday)	11:00 AM (PET)	Winner Group L vs 3rd Group E/H/I/J/K Atlanta Match No. 80 Round of 32
	3:00 PM (PET)	Winner Group G vs 3rd Group A/E/H/I/J Seattle Match No. 82 Round of 32
	7:00 PM (PET)	Winner Group D vs 3rd Group B/E/F/I/J SF Bay Area Match No. 81 Round of 32
2 July, 2026 (Thursday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Winner Group H vs Runner-up Group J Los Angeles Match No. 84 Round of 32
	6:00 PM (PET)	Runner-up Group K vs Runner-up Group L Toronto Match No. 83 Round of 32
	10:00 PM (PET)	Winner Group B vs 3rd Group E/F/G/I/J Vancouver Match No. 85 Round of 32
3 July, 2026 (Friday)	1:00 PM (PET)	Runner-up Group D vs Runner-up Group G Dallas Match No. 88 Round of 32
	5:00 PM (PET)	Winner Group J vs Runner-up Group H Miami Match No. 86 Round of 32
	8:30 PM (PET)	Winner Group K vs 3rd Group D/E/I/J/L Kansas City Match No. 87 Round of 32
4 July, 2026 (Saturday)	12:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 73 vs Winner Match 75 Houston Match No. 90 Round of 16
	4:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 74 vs Winner Match 77 Philadelphia Match No. 89 Round of 16
5 July, 2026 (Sunday)	3:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 76 vs Winner Match 78 New York Match No. 91 Round of 16
	7:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 79 vs Winner Match 80 Mexico City Match No. 92 Round of 16
6 July, 2026 (Monday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 83 vs Winner Match 84 Dallas Match No. 93 Round of 16
	7:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 81 vs Winner Match 82 Seattle Match No. 94 Round of 16
7 July, 2026 (Tuesday)	11:00 AM (PET)	Winner Match 86 vs Winner Match 88 Atlanta Match No. 95 Round of 16
	3:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 85 vs Winner Match 87 Vancouver Match No. 96 Round of 16
9 July, 2026 (Thursday)	3:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 89 vs Winner Match 90 Boston Match No. 97 Quarterfinals
10 July, 2026 (Friday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 93 vs Winner Match 94 Los Angeles Match No. 98 Quarterfinals
11 July, 2026 (Saturday)	4:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 91 vs Winner Match 92 Miami Match No. 99 Quarterfinals
	8:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 95 vs Winner Match 96 Kansas City Match No. 100 Quarterfinals
14 July, 2026 (Tuesday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 97 vs Winner Match 98 Dallas Match No. 101 Semifinals
15 July, 2026 (Wednesday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 99 vs Winner Match 100 Atlanta Match No. 102 Semifinals
18 July, 2026 (Saturday)	4:00 PM (PET)	Loser Match 101 vs Loser Match 102 Miami Match No. 103 Third place
19 July, 2026 (Sunday)	2:00 PM (PET)	Winner Match 101 vs Winner Match 102 New York Match No. 104 Final

Three countries and 16 cities in North America are going to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. For this reason, it will be the largest World Cup geographically.

The United States will have most of the games in such cities as New York/New Jersey, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Philadelphia, and Kansas City.

Canada will have the games in Toronto and Vancouver, and Mexico will have the matches in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey.

In order to watch all the games live, having a Peru Time (PET) schedule is a must, as with venues located in different time zones, kickoff times differ by location.

• Latina Televisión
• DSports (DirecTV)
• América Televisión
• FIFA+ (highlights and official content)

Q1. Are all match times shown in Peru Time (PET)?
Yes. All kick-off times on this page are displayed in Peru Time (PET).

Q2. Does Peru observe daylight saving time?
No. Peru uses the same time zone year-round, so match times remain consistent.

Q3. What time will most matches kick off in PET?
Most matches will take place in the afternoon and evening, with some late-night fixtures.

Q4. When is the World Cup final in Peru Time?
The final will be played on 19 July 2026 at 2:00 PM (PET).